Posts from the “gender representation” Category

Since Jeremy Corbyn threw his hat into the ring I’ve seen a number of people claiming with no sense of irony at all that ‘as feminists‘ they’re proud to be supporting him in his campaign to be the next leader of the Labour Party. Personally I haven’t decided who I’m voting for yet: as a socialist I may well end up voting for Corbyn myself, but I’m certainly under no illusion that that would be the feminist thing to do. It’s not often I find myself agreeing with a Telegraph journalist, let alone former Labour Party official and ultra Blairite Dan Hodges, but much like a stopped clock it seems even Hodges manages to get it right sometimes. A few weeks ago for example I watched…

If you were following me on Twitter while I was in Brighton last week at TUC Congress you might have noticed a bit of a theme developing in my feed regarding the dearth of women speakers and delegates there. If you weren’t, well obviously you wouldn’t have noticed, so here are some examples: * * * Gail Cartmail now speaking at #tuc12. The 1st woman to speak so far, despite #tuc12 having started some 45 mins ago…. — Cath Elliott (@CathElliott) September 9, 2012 Elevenses for TUC top table their tea delivered by a woman. Women know your place…. Making the tea 4 TU male bureaucrats. #TUC12 — HarpyMarx (@HarpyMarx) September 10, 2012 And now #tuc12 debating the disproportionate impact of the…

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